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A person who has been aggressed in his childhood is more aggressive as a grown-up. There are numerous studies that confirm the fact that the harshness of children’s punishment correlates with their more impulsive and aggressive behavior. These individuals become more hostile with those around them, including their own

”The full man does not understand the wants of the hungry” – this folk saying has some truth in it. A couple of years ago, its accuracy was scientifically proven. During an experiment, the Danish scientists asked a group of people to express their support for different governmental policies.

Why some people become terrorists? What makes them join extremist movements? How does it happen that they accept to kill civilians and themselves in the name of a religious or ideological cause? There are several explanations of these psychological phenomena and a lot of theories and hypotheses. Without mentioning

It is well known that the anatomy of hand had a great impact on the human evolution, by allowing the creation and usage of complicated tools. For a long time it has been considered that the human hand, in its actual form, has been a result of creation and usage

We can’t run very fast, as compared to other mammals, but we can, instead, run for a very long time. People are one of the most resistant runners in the world. Our skeleton, backbone, foot, skeletal, muscular and respiratory systems, as well as our aerobic metabolism have evolved in such

It is interesting the fact that both the level of testosterone and a person’s higher predisposition towards an aggressive behavior can be displayed by his or her facial traits. More exactly, some scientists claim that such a facial indicator as the facial width-to-height ratio (fWHR) depends on the level of

Testosterone deserves a special approach. Studies on the impact of this hormone on the aggressive behavior are being carried out for centuries. It is well known that, in animal world, for example in birds, the individuals who have a higher level of testosterone behave more aggressively and they can even

The women’s hostile and aggressive behavior has a form of manifestation that is different from that of men. Women avoid usage of physical force or direct confrontation and restrict their actions mainly for the verbal, emotional and indirect components of aggressiveness, so-called covert aggression. So, what are the main tactics

The fact that men who get married start displaying less competitive abilities, as compared to the period before the marriage, is very interesting. These observations mainly concern sport competitions, but are, to a certain degree, also valid for arts, science, social activism, creativity and even criminality. Scientists consider that the

In many species, males are the ones who dispute the group supremacy and fight for a high hierarchical position that grants them more resources and access to females. Because the genes of the most powerful and aggressive males pass on from one generation to another, the new generations of males